Lockout kit?

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

What's the best (but under 100$) lockout kit on the market?

 

[trpearcy]

I've used this professionally for a long time. Very durable and well designed.

 

[devoncoolman]

Access tools makes the best on the market imho. Ive used them for years in the towing business. They hold up the best and are the best designed. Their airbags work the best. Steck's kits are good they are good especcially for part time use. But if you are going to use it offten. Buy access tools. I have this kit http://www.accesstoolsusa.com/mobile/Product.aspx?ProductCode=ERK

That kit will do the most but not cost a complete fortune and doesnt take up a ton of space. Fits behind the seat of my regular cab s10 pickup.

 

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

I came across a lady tonight with a 2010 Hyundai sonata. Most cars I've gotten Into with a wedge and a rod. This one the top of the door was flush with the upper part of the roof making it impossible to get a straight shot. It didn't help that I only had thin wooden wedges and a coat hanger lol. I got on the lock button but the coat hanger wasn't strong enough to fully depress the button. Normally I'd have a lockout kit from work. So now I'm looking to get one for home.

 

[devoncoolman]

Access tools makes a tool called a door jack. The kit i linked comes with two of them large and small. They are handy for those cars. If you arnt going to use the kit often the steck kit will do u well. But the access tools kit comes with a very nice bage which is low profile and very durable. The steck doesn't. Also the steck has about half the tools that the access tools kit comes with so its worth the extra money.

 

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

I ordered the steck 3255dlx kit along with the loop for the door handles. Should be all I really need for the occassional lockout.

 

[Dusty61]

I got the set I have from a truck stop in PA when the wife locked my keys in the truck. Had that kit and done dozens of lock outs with it. Definitely the best 19.99 I have ever spent. Its not the greatest kit in the world, but it has 2 slim joms, 2 door weges, and two different length lockout tools. Can not complain.

 

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

We'll see how this one does. I only need them few and far between, but it's worth it's weight in gold when I do?

 

[CJM8515]

I do lock outs for a living among other towing duties, so long as its an older car you can get in easy. DO NOT open a BMW or Benz, both have side curtain airbags and will go off, DO NOT try and open a frameless window (like a mustang or subaru) when its very cold out and be careful anyways, you can shatter the window. Also do understand many newer cars the LOCK button works but the unlock doesnt, need to hit the keypad or pull the handle. Toyotas will instantly lock again if you try and push the locktab back.

Anyway, what you want is the access tools kit and this wedge kit: http://www.awdirect.com/super-jack-wedge-kit-aw-direct-act62/air-wedges/ The jack wedge, you pry open the door jamb and put the airbag in, works super easy.

 

[richfinn]

I do lockouts as part of my job (patrolman).

In addition to the plastic wedges and "stiff" air wedge
I find my best tools are all home made.

1. A piece of 5mm tube with an old throttle cable threaded through it to form a lasso for grabbing lock buttons etc

2. 10ft rod with a plastic coated hook on one end and a decent handle for pulling hood release levers etc.

3. A length of old brake Line with a loop on the end for cranking manual window winders.

4. I also bought some electricians under floor access rods which screw together and have various ends and hooks, these are great for fishing keys out of locked cars I've managed to open zipped bags inside cars and get the keys out and even fold the rear seats down and fish them out of the trunk.

 

[schmelpboy]

I do lock outs for a living among other towing duties, so long as its an older car you can get in easy. DO NOT open a BMW or Benz, both have side curtain airbags and will go off, DO NOT try and open a frameless window (like a mustang or subaru) when its very cold out and be careful anyways, you can shatter the window. Also do understand many newer cars the LOCK button works but the unlock doesnt, need to hit the keypad or pull the handle. Toyotas will instantly lock again if you try and push the locktab back.

Anyway, what you want is the access tools kit and this wedge kit: http://www.awdirect.com/super-jack-wedge-kit-aw-direct-act62/air-wedges/ The jack wedge, you pry open the door jamb and put the airbag in, works super easy.

Just wondering where you got the information on the BMW and Benz? I have taken special classes on those, and have unlocked them with no problems. The sensors for the side curtain are in the front, and only arm after 25MPH. How are people managing to set the side curtains off? I'm also old school, so I was trained back when you had to be good at opening a door...IE, using in-door tools rather than the bag and drag method. That's how I open toyota and lexus, or if I'm feeling really lazy, I have the lasso tool. That way when it tries to re-lock itself, it can't.
Also, I find the frameless windows easiest. The weather stripping is always easy to push back, and you can fit a tool behind the glass with usually no airbag or wedge at all. Or, I just go through the door itself.
The other thing I've gotten exceptionally good at over the years is not messing with doors at all....Wedge it open, use a very long entry tool, grab the keys out of the ignition or dump over the purse, and put the keys on the seat. Then, simply push the unlock button. I like doing that stuff as it usually warrants a jaw drop. Yeah, I've won a few claw games in my time.

 

[cdeer001]

When I was driving a tow truck many years ago, I purchased all my lockout equipment from https://www.pro-lok.com.

 

[moawyahr]

What's the best (but under 100$) lockout kit on the market?

this is one from Dollar Store Lockout tool Slim Jim